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Tulalip, From My Heart: An Autobiographical Account of a Reservation Community
Contributor(s): Dover, Harriette Shelton (Author), Fitzpatrick, Darleen (Editor), Williams, Wayne (Foreword by)
ISBN: 0295995416     ISBN-13: 9780295995410
Publisher: University of Washington Press
OUR PRICE:   $28.50  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Native American & Aboriginal
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies
- History | United States - State & Local - Pacific Northwest (or, Wa)
Dewey: B
Series: Naomi B. Pascal Editor's Endowment
Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6" W x 9" (1.11 lbs) 344 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Native American
- Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest
 
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In Tulalip, From My Heart, Harriette Shelton Dover describes her life on the Tulalip Reservation and recounts the myriad problems tribes faced after resettlement. Born in 1904, Dover grew up hearing the elders of her tribe tell of the hardships involved in moving from their villages to the reservation on Tulalip Bay: inadequate supplies of food and water, harsh economic conditions, and religious persecution outlawing potlatch houses and other ceremonial practices.

Dover herself spent ten traumatic months every year in an Indian boarding school, an experience that developed her political consciousness and keen sense of justice. The first Indian woman to serve on the Tulalip board of directors, Dover describes her experiences in her own personal, often fierce style, revealing her tribe's powerful ties and enduring loyalty to land now occupied by others.